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as does the larva of Cymatophora flavicomis when 

 full-grown. 



The larvse all pupated below the surface of the earth 

 in their cage, and the moths emerged from July 25th 

 to August 4th. (G. T. Porritt, April, 1891 ; E.M.M., 

 XXVII, 121, May, 1891.) 



DlOYOLA Oo. 



Plate LXXXVI, fig. 2. 



The furious salt gale of the 29th of April, 1882, 

 damaged the trees in most localities to such an extent 

 that it was a hopeless task to go beating for the larvae 

 usually taken by that process in May ; but of course, 

 there were some trees so situated as to be guarded by 

 high ground from the stroke of the blast, and from 

 one such oak tree my friend, the He v. John Hellins, 

 was fortunate enough to obtain the larva of this 

 species. 



As far as we know, neither the larva nor the imago 

 had been taken in Devonshire before, so it is an addition 

 to the local fauna of that county. 



When first taken, 1 9th of May, it was not come to 

 full growth, being less than an inch in length, and 

 was preparing for a moult, so that its appearance 

 puzzled Mr. Hellins, who sent it to me as perhaps the 

 young stage of some Tseniocampa, which he had for- 

 gotten, and in this, without closely examining more 

 than the first two segments protruding from some 

 leaves and portending a moult, I acquiesced ; however, 

 an examination of the larva after the completion of 

 its moult, and further correspondence, soon convinced 

 me it was no Tseniocamjpa, and reference to a copy 

 which I had by me of Hiibner's figure of D. oo showed 

 me at once that I had at last obtained an example of 

 that desideratum. 



The moult took place during night or early in the 

 morning of May 22nd, and in course of that morning 



